elevenths
Sayi-LEV-uhnths/ɪˈlɛv.ənθs/
- 1Plural of eleventh.
Expressed as a fraction, the result was nine elevenths.
The composer voiced the chords with wide elevenths to brighten the harmony.
Note
Only the noun can be pluralized; the ordinal adjective, as in the eleventh hour, never takes an -s. Most of the plural's work is fractional, with a number in front: two elevenths, five elevenths of the total. Musicians use it too, for the notes stacked eleven scale degrees above a chord's root, and it can also count people or things standing in eleventh place.
elevenths is a form of eleventh
eleventh, noun: Whoever or whatever occupies position number eleven in an ordered set or sequence. Full entry
- Forms
- eleventhelevenths plural
- Spelling
- eleventh → elevenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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